Herbert, Don

Herbert, Don
▪ 2008
Donald Jeffry Herbert 
      American television personality

born July 10, 1917, Waconia, Minn.

died June 12, 2007 , Los Angeles, Calif.
was praised for his ability to engage and instruct his young viewers with simple scientific experiments as host (1951–65; 1971) of Watch Mr. Wizard, a popular live weekly television science program for children. Herbert, an actor by training who did not hold an advanced degree in science, returned to presenting science to children with Mr. Wizard's World, which appeared on a cable channel from 1983 to 1990. Watch Mr. Wizard was honoured with a Peabody Award for young people's programming in 1953.

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